on your feet - View this location on map  San Luis's downtown shopping district is filled with offbeat stores like California Blonde ( 805-783-2890). Joy Baker, the owner, proudly calls herself a ''retail slut,'' and her shop is stuffed with vintage posters, Hawaiiana and Varga prints. Just across the street at Finder's Keepers (1124 Garden Street, 805-545-9879) a consignment Prada sweater will set you back $189. A couple of blocks south, Captain Nemo Games (563 Higuera Street, 805-544-6366) has a remarkable array of rare comics, action figures and, upstairs, rows of vinyl recordings that would take many hours to browse fully. Then grab some Bubble Yum and leave your mark at Gumball Alley, on Higuera Street between Garden and Broad. At this grotesque oddball shrine, brick walls hold perhaps hundreds of thousands of pieces of used chewing gum. New York Times 1137 garden street, San Luis Obispo, CA Shopping |